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From: c60c-2ij@e260-2d.berkeley.edu (Seg fault)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Re: WINWORD - Equation Editor
Message-ID: <1991May3.093556.29463@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 3 May 91 09:35:56 GMT
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Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root)
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In article <69220024@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com> knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts) writes:
>
>>There is a product called Mathtype that using pictures of symbols that can be
>>clicked on to build extremely complex formulas in just a few minutes -
>>something that would take you alsmost 30 minutes in W4W. You then highlight
>>the equation/formula and copy it to the clipbaord - then paste it into Word as
>>a graphic, allowing for it to be placed anywhere by dragging it around. It is
>>very powerful and no formula is too hard.
>
>I have heard that the first version of MathyType is very buggy. The next 
>release this summer is suppose to be better. Has anyone actually used
>the program? Does it work OK?
>
>Tom

I've been using the Formula Editor supplied with hDC microapp for this 
purpose  and I haven't come across any bugs. However, does anybody out
there know of any bugs or limitations?

Gunjan
gunjan@garnet.berkeley.edu